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Look up: Derelict

  1. Derelict
    A derelict is a vessel or anything relinquished or abandoned at sea, but most commonly the name was applied to a ship abandoned by the crew and left floating about.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. derelict
    [adj] - deserted or abandoned as by an owner 2. [adj] - failing in what duty requires 3. [n] - a person unable to support himself
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. derelict
    a vessel abandoned and forming a menace to navigation Category: Transport
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Derelict
    Der'e·lict adjective [ Latin derelictus , past participle of derelinquere to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- + relinquere to leave. See Relinquish .] 1. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/42

  5. Derelict
    Der'e·lict noun (Law) (a) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. (b) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/42

  6. derelict
    delinquent adjective failing in what duty requires; `derelict (or delinquent) in his duty`; `neglectful of his duties`; `remiss of you not to pay your bills`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. derelict
    noun a person unable to support himself
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Derelict
    • (n.) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use. • (n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. • (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful. • (a.) Given up or...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. derelict
    derelict 1. A person who is abandoned by society; especially, a person without a permanent home and means of support; a vagrant; a homeless person, a bum. 2. A vessel (a boat or a ship) abandoned in open water by its officers and crew without any hope or intention of returning to it; a ship abandone...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. derelict
    • a person unable to support himself
    • a ship abandoned on the high seas

    Found on

  11. Derelict
    This term is applied in the common law in a different sense from what it bears in the civil law. In the former it is applied to lands left by the sea.
    Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def/d142.htm

  12. Derelict
    n. Someone or something which has been abandoned. For example: a ship that was left to drift in the ocean or a homeless person who is ignored by family and society.
    Found on http://www.legal-explanations.com/defini



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13 February 2012

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